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If laying ties on a railroad track, which he once did for $1 an hour, paid more than playing right field for the Yankees, Maris would lay ties on a railroad track.
The electric charge-to-mass ratio of a particle can be measured by observing the radius of curling of its cloud-chamber track in a magnetic field.
* 1915 – James Elliott, American track and field coach ( d. 1981 )
* 1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli track and field athlete
They are highly mobile, usually based on caterpillar track carrying either a large howitzer or other field gun or alternatively a mortar or some form of rocket or missile launcher.
Expansion and modernization of Raymond Field was completed in the fall of 2007 and features the installation of an eight-lane all-weather running track and a move to the same premium artificial turf used by the New England Patriots of the National Football League for its main playing field.
Caltech has athletic teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, fencing, men's soccer, swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, track and field, women's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo.
Most recently, the boys ' cross country and track & field teams both claimed MHSAA State Championships during the 2009 – 10 school year.
* 1979 – José Peña, Venezuelan track and field athlete
Behind the Alumni Gymnasium is Memorial Field, a 15, 600-seat stadium overlooking Dartmouth's football field and track.
In addition to the traditional American team sports ( football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey ), Dartmouth competes at the varsity level in many other sports including track and field, sailing, tennis, rowing, soccer, skiing, and lacrosse.
Arthur Shaw, Earl Thompson, Edwin Myers, Marc Wright, Adam Nelson, Gerry Ashworth, and Vilhjálmur Einarsson have all won medals in track and field events.
The discus throw () is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors.
The discus throw is a routine part of most modern track and field meets at all levels and is a sport which is particularly iconic of the Olympic Games.
Varsity teams at Dalhousie include basketball, football, hockey, soccer, swimming, track and field, cross country running and volleyball.
* 1881 – Howard Valentine, American track and field athlete ( d. 1932 )
* 1948 – Lillian Board, British track and field athlete ( d. 1970 )
Category: Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category: Olympic medalists in athletics ( track and field )
He won seven first places and a third place in a single high school track and field meet in 1906.
In high school, he played football and baseball and ran track and field.
The city also hosts an annual track and field meet at the Flanders Sports Arena: the Indoor Flanders meeting.
It is one of the IAAF's foremost indoor track and field events and two-time Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj set a world record at the event in 1997.
The school offers a range of men's and women's varsity sports, including football, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, track & field, cross country, tennis, and soccer.

track and Robinson
At Muir Tech, Robinson played several sports at the varsity level and lettered in four of them: football, basketball, track, and baseball.
In late January 1937, the Pasadena Star-News newspaper reported that Robinson " for two years has been the outstanding athlete at Muir, starring in football, basketball, track, baseball and tennis.
After Muir, Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College ( PJC ), where he continued his athletic career by participating in basketball, football, baseball, and track.
Robinson in his UCLA track uniform
After graduating from PJC in spring 1939, Robinson transferred to UCLA, where he became the school's first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track.
A number of facilities at Pasadena City College ( successor to PJC ) are named in Robinson's honor, including Robinson Field, a football / soccer / track facility named jointly for Robinson and his brother Mack.
The hidden track on the album " Fist ", was produced by Ross Robinson while the rest of album is produced by Terry Date.
* Ross Robinson – production on the hidden track " Fist "
However, the late success of the group's track, " Tears of a Clown ", caused Robinson to stay with the group until 1972.
The section of track from Bourg-La-Reine to Sceaux was rebuilt to the current terminus of Robinson.
* John Robinson ( judge ) ( 1880 – 1951 ), American track and field athlete, lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
The photograph of 24 year old Corporal Peter Robinson was taken in June 1982 as the Royal Marines proceeded along the Moody Brook track towards Port Stanley.
* Derek Barnett / D-Struct ( voiced by Bumper Robinson ) – A track athlete who could turn into a creature composed of pure bionic energy, which could protect him from harm or be directed at targets.
The album featured songs written by Smokey Robinson, Prince and her younger brother Michael, whose contribution ( the title track " Centipede ") became Rebbie's most successful single release.
Ross Robinson does not use a ' click track ' ( automated metronome ) when recording drummers, as he believes " it takes away from the true essence of the music ".
One track played prominently throughout the film is " Because I'm Cool " by Nogabe " Robinson " Randriaharimalala.
Armstrong and Robinson co-wrote " Easy on Your Own ", a track on Australian Crawl's second album Sirocco and B-side to the single " Errol ".
The Smokey Robinson and Eddie Kendrick written track " Don't Send Me Away " from the LP The Temptations with a Lot o ' Soul ( 1967 ), the intro on early group song " Check Yourself " ( 1961 ) and the Norman Whitfield-penned tune " I Ain't Got Nothing " from 1972's All Directions are extremely rare showcases for Williams singing lead.
Fortunately, St. James survived the flames and Robinson escaped uninjured within the track bounds.
( In 1828-9, Robinson had designed his first railroads -- the Allegheny Portage and the Danville & Pottsville railroads -- as double track lines, but these included inclines that worked better with two tracks ; the Reading was the first main line designed at the outset with double tracks in mind, though with only a 22 ' wide grade that required widening later ).
Robinson has continued in the sport as head track coach at Florida A & M University since 2001, coaching multiple Olympic medalist Walter Dix.
The album's title track and a cover of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ' " Swept For You Baby " got significant airplay in late 1978.
* William Robinson ( inventor ) ( 1840 – 1921 ), American electrical engineer and inventor of the track circuit for railroad signaling

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